"General Huang, I heard that you recently accepted a general who was born as a water thief?" Lin Ran asked Huang Zu. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Huang Zu thought for a while and thought about it. "There is indeed such a thing, this guy's name is Gan Ning, once he actually let a large group of water thieves collude to loot the merchant ships in my Jingzhou, and I dispatched a naval army to take it down. This guy does have some ability, and he has more than a dozen warships under his command, and he actually allowed him to destroy and injure many of my soldiers and ships. I saw that this man was very capable, so I let him enter our navy as a general.

General Xiaobai, I seem to have heard that this guy seems to have had contradictions and conflicts with you before, in the waters near Yuzhang County? Huang Zu asked Lin Ran with some curiosity.

Lin Ran smiled and said: "There have been some small contradictions, but they are all old things, I didn't mention him this time to find old hatreds, but since the establishment of my little white water army, there has been a lack of generals who are familiar with the situation of the Yangtze River and its tributaries, which greatly limits the development of the combat effectiveness of the alliance water army."

It is precisely because I have fought with this Gan Ning before that I appreciate his ability and want to borrow this person from the general to help train my naval army in Yuzhang County.

"I see." Huang Zu breathed a sigh of relief, he really thought that Lin Ran was the kind of person who was tolerant on the surface and had more flaws in the mainland. Although he Huang Zu also looked down on Gan Ning, who was born as a water thief, he was his own subordinate after all, if Lin Ran wanted to use this to trouble Gan Ning, it would greatly affect his prestige.

"It's this kid's luck to be the training leader of the Yuzhang County Water Army, since that's the case, I'll tell Gan Ning when I go back, he will definitely be happy." With a wave of his hand, Huang Zu agreed to Lin Ran's request.

That's going so well, isn't it? Lin Ran was also a little surprised in his heart, he didn't expect to let Gan Ning be transferred from Huang Zu so easily, so that he could have a top NPC history-level fierce general in his hands out of thin air. You must know that even a general like Zhu Zhi couldn't last a few rounds in the hands of Gan Ning, so you can imagine how terrifying Gan Ning's force was.

Of course, the big reason why Huang Zu was able to agree so readily to transfer Gan Ning to Lin Ran was because Gan Ning had not attracted enough attention from him under his hands now, and Huang Zu didn't say anything about the identity of Gan Ning's water thief, but he had always been a little worried in his heart.

After a banquet, the guests and hosts were happy, and after Lin Ran and Huang Zu discussed many things, they came out of the Taishou Mansion together, and they were very close all the way, just like two brothers.

"Dingdong, the intimacy between you and Huang Zu has risen by ten points, and they have become acquainted."

Early the next morning, Lin Ran mobilized enough men and horses and warships to set off from Qu'a City, preparing to take Huang Ancestor to Changsha downstream, and then go north to Jingzhou.

As for the affairs in Qu'a City, Lin Ran entrusted them all to Zhao Ying and Jiu Jing to deal with. Although in Qu'a City, the Long Sword Alliance and its own alliance are military alliances, but the alliance has now captured many NPC historical generals, and now it has become the target of public criticism, maybe when he will encounter danger, Lin Ran must find some trustworthy people to help him deal with the affairs of the alliance during his absence.

On the warship of the alliance, he went all the way up the river from Wu County, passing through the waters of Moling on the way, close to the waters of Dongting Lake in Poyang County, and then advanced, passing through the city of Nanchang near the Ganjiang River, all the way to the west, and entering the waters of Jingzhou.

Jingzhou, known as the belly of the world since ancient times, is an important political, economic and cultural center, rich in products, capable people, such as the famous strategist Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang, Kuai Yue Kuailiang, etc., are all Jingzhou children.

However, the most important thing about Jingzhou is not the fertility of its land, its economic wealth, and its population, but its important geographical location.

Jingzhou guards the Yiling Mountains, an important outlet for Shu to enter the Central Plains, and is connected to the Jiangdong land on the bank of the Yangtze River in the east, Jiaozhou in the south, and the Central Plains in the north. Any hero with ambition to dominate the world, Jingzhou will always be a place that cannot be avoided.

However, it is very rare that Jingzhou at this time, in the chaotic era of the Three Kingdoms, because of the control of a prince with a powerful skill like Liu Biao, coupled with his unique concept of benevolent and righteous governance, it is still a pure land for the time being, and has not been disturbed by war.

However, this does not mean that Liu Biao's choice is correct, he watched from the wall, and although the attitude of not participating made them alone for the time being, it also made themselves fall into a state of stagnation, and one day, disasters will inevitably come.

Changsha City, also known as Star City, cites the "Oriental Shuo Ji" cloud: "There are Wanli Sha Temple in Nanjun, from Xiangzhou to Donglai Ke Wanli, so it is called Changsha." ”

Changsha is located in the Xiangjiang River valley area, there are large sandy beaches, sandbanks, etc., whenever the dry season, these continents, beaches are exposed, showing people a piece of sand, especially the sand grows up, "white sand is like frost and snow", this scene is very eye-catching, so people call Changsha a sand township or a sandy place.

Outside the city of Changsha, the mighty Xiangjiang River flows eastward, with a unique temperament of clear water and white mixed with heroism, never stopping.

Jingzhou's warship had just approached the waters near Changsha City when it was discovered by the defenders on the shore. These defenders were all panicked when they saw a series of behemoths suddenly appearing on the river, and these small yachts and boats under their command were a little reluctant to deal with the water thieves on the river, let alone confront the warships in front of them, which could be seen to be high-level warships at a glance.

Seeing the enemy warship slowly approaching their side, these defenders on the shore did not dare to drive their boats over to stop the other party, and hurriedly returned to Changsha City to report to Lord Taishou.

Not long after, a group of Jingzhou heavy armor soldiers and crossbow men, led by several well-armed generals, came to the shore and waited for the battle.

After a while, a large number of officials from Changsha City arrived. These officials in Changsha City were all surrounded by an official in the middle who was wearing the costume of the Jingzhou Taishou.

"Who is the other party?" This official in Taishou uniform has a national character face and a majestic face, but if you know him well, you can know that this Taishou Lord is actually not as majestic and resolute as he is on the surface, and he is actually a more indecisive person inside.

And this official is naturally the Taishou of Changsha City, Han Xuan.

Seeing Han Xuan's question, a general beside him who was a little close to his twilight years, but his physique was still burly, and the muscles on his arms were protruding, and he looked very brave, stepped forward and said, "I don't know." However, on the bow of the other party's boat, a small yellow flag was hung. “